Sickens you, reduces strength by up to 10 points, and costs a significant amount of health, depending on its BUC status. If thrown at a target or inhaled, reduces the target's health to 20% of its current value.

"You feel like having your brain smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick." Confuses you for 6-42 turns; if cursed, has a 25% chance of lowering intelligence. If blessed, may cure lycanthropy and restore maximum hit points.

Wands

Behaves differently from the SLASH'EMwand of draining. This wand reduces the target's HP by half of its maximum, reducing the user's current health by the same number of points. (Inspired by a wand in Angband.)